On 9 June 2010 18:29, Alberto Passalacqua <albert.passalacqua@gmail.com> wrote:
2010/6/9 Oddball <monkey9@iae.nl>:
That i understand. It would be quite possible that this would change. The effort of becoming independant is highly appreciated, that costs are higher is logical. Merchandise kan bring money, when distributede the right way: Go to the people and confront them at fairs etc. Volunteers come in handy here. If the distro is the best on the market, and accessible for most people, it will become popular again when the dust has settled.
You talk as if openSUSE wasn't popular ;-)
However, being the best distribution does not change anything. SuSE was the best distribution for a long time, it offered (and still does) ease of use and integration that the leading distribution (Red Hat, Canonical) do not offer (very far from that), but it did not work.
Having a good product is one part of the game, distributing it is another part, but they're not enough. As Canonical teaches, a good marketing campaign can do better than product quality, unfortunately.
You're so right :-( . That's why we need to communicate. It's not sufficient to talk about independence. We need to find ways to interest people. We need to have loud voices outside these mailing lists. I think zonker has been part of this process. I hope we'll find other ways. Greetings, Agemen. -- OrbisGIS supporter. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org